Geraldine A. Ferraro, 1935-2011 - She Ended Men’s Club of National Politics - nytimes

Geraldine A. Ferraro, the former Queens congresswoman who strode onto a podium in 1984 to accept the Democratic nomination for vice president and to take her place in American history as the first woman nominated for national office by a major party, died Saturday in Boston. -- She Ended Men’s Club of National Politics --- The Last Word: Geraldine A. Ferraro